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EPISODE · Apr 7, 2026 · 1H 5M

Maggie Arai: Law Student Turned 4x Founder

from The Five Year Plan · host Anna Zhang

In this episode, Anna sits down with Maggie Arai—former law student and aspiring intentional human rights lawyer, turned 4x founder and social entrepreneur—to talk about what it really looks like to walk away from a path that made sense on paper, but didn’t feel right in practice.Join them as they talk about: The difference between being disliking something because it's hard vs. disliking something because it's wrong for you. The pressure of sunk costs The less glamorous side of entrepreneurship that people don't often talk about and social media rarely portrays The loneliness epidemic and how the commodification of convenience has fundamentally shifted our ability to form meaningful and long lasting friendships with those who matter the most. Check out Founders who Give a F*ck: https://www.fwgaf.com/Share Your Story: The Confessions Vault TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thefiveyearplanpodcastIG: https://www.instagram.com/thefiveyearplanpodcastSubstack: https://substack.com/@thefiveyearplanpodcastEmail: [email protected]

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In this episode, Anna sits down with Maggie Arai—former law student and aspiring intentional human rights lawyer, turned 4x founder and social entrepreneur—to talk about what it really looks like to walk away from a path that made sense on paper,...

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